• Caste discrimination, land reforms and land market performance in Nepal 

      Aryal, Jeetendra P.; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working Paper;2011:01, Working paper, 2011)
      The caste system is an intricate part of the institutional structure as well as class formation, political instability and conflicts in Nepal. The most severely discriminated group in the caste system is the Dalits, the ...
    • Caste, land and labour market imperfections, and land productivity in rural Nepal 

      Aryal, Jeetendra P.; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working paper;2011:6, Working paper, 2011)
      This paper provides new evidence on the caste-related land productivity differential and its explanations in rural Nepal using household plot panel data. Low-caste households are found to have significantly higher land ...
    • Livestock and land share contracts in a Hindu Society 

      Aryal, Jeetendra P.; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working paper;2011:7, Working paper, 2011)
      This paper examines factors related to the existence of a livestock rental market in western Nepal and assesses whether this is associated with caste differentiation and land rental market participation. This study brings ...